Incorporated in the guernsey is the letter ‘R’ in support of the RECOGNISE campaign, which aims to have Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people recognised in the Australian Constitution. The Crows have pledged their support to the movement. Recognise will be in the spotlight this week, with the ‘R’ symbol to be painted in the centre circle of each AFL venue during Indigenous Round.

The Crows will celebrate and acknowledge the enormous contribution Indigenous people have made to our Club and Australia’s Game in a number of ways on Sunday.

The Grand Final of The McLeod Challenge, a Club program run by Andrew and Rachael McLeod and proudly supported by Beach Energy, will be played as a curtain-raiser to Adelaide’s clash with Gold Coast. Adelaide Oval will host a ‘Welcome to Country’ ceremony before the opening bounce. Signer Ellie Lovegrove, who will also feature at Dreamtime at the G on Saturday night, will perform and there will be big screen tributes to past and present Indigenous players of the Adelaide Football Club. A number of the past players will be in attendance to help celebrate the occasion.

In 2014 nine per cent of our AFL players are Indigenous and over 90,000 Indigenous people are engaged in AFL football programs every year. The Crows have four Indigenous players, Eddie Betts, Jared Petrenko, Charlie Cameron and Cam Ellis-Yolmen.

The 2014 AFL Indigenous Round coincides with National Reconciliation Week and marks the 10-year anniversary of Dreamtime at the G in Indigenous Round. On Tuesday, the AFL launched its Reconciliation Action Plan and announced that it would appoint a National Indigenous Advisory Group as part of the Plan to provide strategic advice, guidance and support on Indigenous affairs and to drive positive outcomes. The Advisory Group will include Indigenous community representation.